In the classic Greek tragedies, Nemesis appears chiefly as the avenger of crime and the punisher of hubris and as such is akin to Ate, the Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly and the Erinyes.

Perfect timing, I needed a good read today. I LOVE Duerer. His drawings “the hand” and “the rabbit” are exceptional. I am so glad I found you. Your posts bring back lost knowledge when I was in school. I always loved Greek Mythology.

Aquileana thanks for the youtube clip I would have missed the detail of the amazing city without my glasses on. Love reading about these myths because they always inspire story ideas and have done for writers for centuries.

Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your beautiful comment, Kath!.
I agree with you: Greek myths have benn and still are a source of inspiration to many writers and artists in general…
Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

Hello my dear Aqui!! I am happy to read this new LADA post (I predicted there would be one today as I am fortune teller Chris hihihi!) and I loved it. I am not one for revenge so I will let Nemesis alone 🙂 I hadn’t thought of where the word ‘nemesis’ that we use in our English language comes from but now I certainly have a background for it! I hope your day is going well and congratulations on another wonderful award! Well deserved as your post is detailed and beautiful! I also love the blogs that you have added to the right side of your blog here ((hugs)).

Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your lovely comment, Christy.
I truly appreciate your words. And I am happy to know that you liked the post and learnt new facts regarding Nemesis…
Sending you all my best wishes!. Happy weekend!. Aquileana 😀

That copperplate engraving by Albrecht Dürer is fantastic and what a great video to include to supplement your post. I spent about six hours driving through Austria on my recent trip, and the scenery was fantastic 🙂 Also had never given much though to the etymology of nemesis even though it’s a really cool word on many counts. Take care. You are a blogging wunderkind 😉

Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your beautiful comment dear Jeri!.
I am glad that you enjoyed Dürer’s brief video on his engraving as much as I did… I truly appreciate your words…You are truly a joy to read (in any shape and in every matter). Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

Hey there wow you covered so much here including awards! I love your posts! Not Only are they beautiful in design, you put a lot of facts that I never knew!! I admire you attention to detail! Blessings to you! 😄💗

Thank you very much dear Sue..
You are right regarding the snowing effect… WordPress is a north american domain… We have no doubts about it right now 🙂 😀
Sending you all my best wishes!. Happy weekend ahead Aquileana ⭐

Your weekly post is the only one I’ll be visiting during my holiday break. I mustn’t fall behind in my study of Greek Mythology, which has become for me such a joy through your well-researched posts!!!

I’m delighted to finally meet Nemesis in person. The genius of Albrecht Dürer in that video has brought her to life, with a trophy in one hand and a bridle in the other, standing on a small globe, explaining the precarious balancing act visually so well. The goddess towers over the little village, making it clear she is in charge of our destinies. What a wonderful work of art! Thank you so much for including this video.

Yet in the English language one’s nemesis is that which will bring on one’s destruction or downfall, according to the old myth in which Nemesis is the goddess of vengeance or divine retribution. The winged sculpture from a temple in Rhamnus is beautiful.

Have a wonderful weekend! We’ve been having sticky weather and thunderstorms for a few days.

Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your marvelous comment!.
I particularly liked to read your inisghts regarding Albrecht Dürer’s engraving… I am truly happy to know that you enjoyed this reading, dear Irina.
Happy weekend to you!. Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

Hola Aquileana. A very interesting read on Nemesis. The video “Nemesis” (“The Great Fortune”) gives a very clear explanation and history on this goddess. Your beautiful illustrations and write-up further open our understanding on Greek mythology. Thank you for the insight. Have a great day! 🙂 All the very best, Iris.

Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your great comment, dear Iris!.
I truly appreciate your words. And, I am really pleased to know that you liked the post (including illustrations and video).
Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

I have always thought that Nemesis was one of the most important of the gods. Once Nemesis was thought of and believed in I think that society really started to progress. The idea of balance and fairness (not necessarily revenge) is so important. Very enjoyable and I loved the inclusion of the Durer video. Thank-you, Aquileana!

Another great introduction into the wonderful world of Greek gods, Nemenis is a much more important and in a sense a very “good” Goddess. I was surprised to learn that “Happiness and unhappiness were measured out by her, care being taken that happiness was not too frequent or too excessive.” Life must be this way ~ too much happiness and we will miss out on the importance of pain, making us stronger and who we are.

This, as is all Greek mythology, a very cool look into who we are as humans ~ thank you for your continued teaching 🙂

Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your thorough comment!.
I truly appreciate your words. And the excerpts you have highlighted are truly relevant in order to picture this greek goddess…
Sending you all my best wishes, dear Dalo!. Aquileana 😀

Love this goddess… it’s where we get the idea of having a nemesis… like in Miss Marple’s, Nemesis where she herself is Nemesis… pouring out justice in equal measure… “…and justice shall roll down like water…” Then there’s the Nemesis of Star Trek. I love Nemesis stories 😀

Oh so there is a star trek Nemesis as well?….
So cool and interesting to know, dear Kev!.
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for sharing your thoughts on this Greek godess. I truly appreciate it!.
Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

It’s wonderful to understand where the Nemisis came from.
All great stories embrace a nemisis.
The Albrecht Dürer piece on youtube was exceptionally enlightening to the facts of Nemisis, Fortuna and Albrecht Dürer. Thank you for this!

“LOL” I was so enraptured by all of the Nemisis thoughts, that as I passed your nominees for the “Excellence Blog Award” I read “my nemisises ” sighh… well I do that sometimes. Have a great week, and your blog rocks!

I truly enjoyed your post, Aquileana. I’ve always found the word ‘nemesis’ to be a very Interesting one, though had no knowledge of its beginnings. I’m sure now, each time I hear or read this fascinating word, I shall remember the Goddess of Revenge – as you’ve portrayed so excellently. 🙂

It’s long struck me as curious that the Greeks, who were so good at personifying trends, never came up with a god to represent irony, the way that a person can work hard towards an end only to have the end be made pointless. Nemesis is the nearest fit to this, but the ironic-end I’m thinking of applies just as well to people who aren’t trying to aggrandize themselves and who can’t be fairly said to be falling into hubris.

Thank you so much, dear Aquileana for sharing with us this wonderful post, well documented and exquisite paintings. A real history lesson. Congratulations for your work!
Send my good thoughts and friendly hugs.
Got a new week Fruitful, Aquileana. ❤ 🙂

Hi my friend,
excellent post. I like it.
It is well made :).
This week I made another recipe .. so delicious.
A plum cake so soft and sweet.
I made three: one for my sister. Now she lives with her boyfriend,
One for my mom and one for me .. for sure!!!
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Happy monday
Love and hugs
kisses

Very interesting, I always thought of Nemesis a more negative figure, probably because for years I had a very smart and very crazy friend who was always telling me about what his nemesis had done to him lately. It was never good, but perhaps it was simply divine retribution. I really enjoyed the art works too.

¨It was never good, but perhaps it was simply divine retribution¨. You couldn´t have said it in more accurate words!.
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your great comment!. Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

I wish that when I was schoolboy (55 years ago), then Your blog should have existed! I loved history and thus Greek history also. No problem, because now I can make time travel thru Your posts. Thank You again for this high quality information.

So, Nemesis measured out happiness and unhappiness, taking care that happiness was not too frequent or too excessive? Hmm do you think it’s occurred to her yet that she needn’t be quite so stingy with the happy bits of that equation?! 😛

Thanks, as ever, dear Aquileana, for more fascinating details and great artworks 😀

Powerful post on the term we often come across Nemesis. But reading your post on Nemesis in the context of “Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime” and its image is makes a stunning impact in my mind!
Many thanks dear Aquileana. Cheers 🙂

Ciao cara Aquileana
We need Nemesis more than ever in these current times! If only the avenging goddess could punish those who create havoc and cause misery our world would be a much better place.
A wonderful and well written post!
grazie
abbraccio
Luciana 😀

Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your comment, dear D.G!.
The word Nemesis has many connotations, indeed… it is even something that appears in the Star Trek as far as I read in one of the comments above! 🙂 Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

Beautiful post about this goddess. I remember I read that Nemesis, just like the Furies were originally much more positive, dealing out both good and bad equally, but with time those myths became more negative, reducing them to goddesses of revenge and not much more. It`s a pity.

You dear Aquileana have given me Nemesis of thought.. And I love the idea of her in Balance.. The engraving is wonderful
Thank you for always bringing a new perspective into my world.. I once wrote a post The Nemesis of thought And you just put a whole new perspective on the word I looked up http://suedreamwalker.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/nemesis-of-thought/
Love to you .. Enjoy your weekend xxx

Great comment and I much appreciate each one of your beautiful words, dear Sue.
ll be checking out your blog and this post you mentioned in your comment tomorrow!. Bear with me, I’ll be at your Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary soon.
Love and happy weekend ahead. Aquileana 😀

Very interesting, Aquileana! When I read about Nemesis delivering the punishment that was due, and how one of her names means “the inescapable,” I thought of the concept of karma, and how it implies that what goes around comes around.

Hi dear Miranda ❤
What a joy to read your comment today!…. Thank you very much for dropping by, my friend.
As to Nemesis, you are right… I would also link her to the idea of Karma, and going further, with the modern idea of retributive justice as she directed human affairs in such a way as to maintain equilibrium and her name meant "she who distributes or deals out".
Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀

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